THE Worcester News has been shortlisted for two awards for our coverage of the campaign to help save the life of a schoolboy battling leukaemia.

We have been named among the finalists for the Campaign of the Year and Story of the Year categories in the Midlands Media Awards.

The Story of the Year award nod is for our article on how almost 5,000 people attended Pitmaston Primary School to be tested to see if they were a stem cell donor match for pupil Oscar Saxelby-Lee.

Our photo of people queuing in the rain to be swab tested was shared by media across the world.

While the Campaign of the Year nomination is for our ongoing coverage of Oscar's story and how people in Worcester and beyond helped to raise £500,000 for the five-year-old to go to Singapore for treatment that could save his life.

Winners will be announced at the Midlands Media Awards ceremony at Villa Park this Friday (November 15) evening.